Airstrikes in the Mt. Guven area of Cukurca killed five terrorists, the Hakkari Governor's Office said in a statement.

The army killed four terrorists in the Incebel-Kato area of the Beytussebap district, the Sirnak Governor's office said in a statement.

More than 1,200 people, including security force personnel and civilians -- many of them women and children -- have lost their lives since the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and EU -- resumed its decades-old armed campaign in July 2015.